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I d love a GNY-624 I I free copy of The India Book I I I I Name I I I I Addrc<; I I I I Citv I I State Zip I L-------________J We work all day to make your mght WIth us a dream. THE R.ACE TR.ACK Horses on the Grass T HE BowlIng Green Handicap, at a mile and a half ove r the turf course at Belmont Park, is not one of the five-star events of the season on Long Island, but it's a test and prep for the more important races to come, leading, perhaps, to a trip to Paris for the Prix de ]' Arc de T riomphe in October. So its renewal last Saturday brought out half a dozen stakes winners, and was exciting from start to finish. Mrs. Ada Rice's Take Off, the favorite on the strength of his smart performance in the recent Edge- mere Handicap, won by half a length from Hobeau Farm's Garland of Roses. \,rilliam Haggin Perry's Astray, who'd come from California with vIctories in the San Luis Obispo, the San Luis Rev, and the San Juan Capistrano to his credIt, was third, a length a way. Confidentl) handled by Turcotte, Take Off was never far behind the pace, which was set first by Anono and later by Garland of Roses-the only lady horse in the race, ridden, appropriatelv, by Miss Robyn Srnith. Both made a good try, but Take Off wore them down in a head-and-head drive to the wire. Take Off, as you probabl), know, is a five-yeal-old ba) by Sky High II out of Special Style, and is trained bj FrankIe Catrone, who used to ride, along with Laverne Fator and Earl Sande, for the Rancocas Stable. Look- ing at Catrone now, you'd never be- lieve he once weIghed in dt a hundred pounds. I THC)UGHT the mo(;)t interesting item at Belman t Park last week was the Fashion Stakes, "" for two-year-old fil1ies at five and a half furlongs. It was first run in 1 R97 Only six came out for it this year, but three of them had been unbeaten so far this season, and another was a stakes WInner. Not only was it a good show but it also gave the crowd of sixteen thousand another look at Ruffian, who horsemen say is the fastest dung on racing plates they've seen in many a day. At Belmont three weeks before, she had won her first start by fiftten lengths in 1 :03, equal- ling the track record for the distance, and in her last workout for the Fash- ion, the morning before the race, she had the clockers comparing watches and shaking their heads in disbelief, for she breezed the first quarter of a olile in 0:2]}'5, three furlongs in 0:33, and ectsed up at the half-mile pole in 0:45:Y5. In the Fashion itself, Ruffian quickl), took the lead from Cope rnica, easily withstood her challenge at the head of the stretch, and went on to win by nearl) seven lengths. J an Verzal was third, almost twenty lengths behind the winner. Again Ruffian's time was 1 :03; she did the quarter in 0 :22%, the half in 0:45 75, and five furlongs in o : 5 7. Copernica, tht> first get of the famous Ni jinskv to come to the raceS in this country, is something of a runner herself, but she was no match for Ruf- fian Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Stuart ] anney, ] r., Marylanders who race the Locust Hill Farm horses, Ruffian is a big, powerfully built dark bay by Re- viewer OUt of Shenanigans, by Native Dancer. She has a lot of quahty, and her galloping is a delight to watch. Trained by Frank Whiteley, J r., sh has quite a future. T HERE will be no quarter-horse racing on Long Island, at least for this year Late last week, Ronald Parr, who has been promoting it, announced that he was on the verge of abandoning the project altogethtr, because of a series of lawsuits, problems with finan- cial backers, and "intransigence" on the part of state, county, and local au- thorities. What will become of the grandstand, the stables for eight hun- dred horses, and the partly finished track-known collectively as Suffolk Meadows-near Yaphank, nobody can say right now. Quarter-horse rac: ing, which began wIth cowboys match- ing their mounts for short dashes down the main streets of CO\ r towns, is the most popular sport In the Southwest. It goes as big as the trots in Los An- geles, but I have always wondered whether watching eIght or ten horses run a quarter of a mile in twenty-one seconds would hold any appeal for horseplayers hereabouts other than as a betting gimmick. I F you have been wondering, Twixt, the Maryland-bred darling of Bal- timore and Washington racegoers, is doing all right in California. Recently, she won the Milady Handicap at Holly- wood Park by a nose from Tallahto -one of Charlie Whittingham's hits- and lune other West Coast fillies and nlareS. Whittingham's luck was no bet- ter next day; Tree of Knowledge, whom he saddled for the Bel Ail Handicap, was beaten by a head. As the " d " y , , 11 " ll1an saI, au can t WIn em a . -AuDAX MINOR